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Web Design In the Spotlight | More Topics | Top Picks | Suggestions |   from Jennifer Kyrnin One way you can tell someone who pays attention to typography is to look at their quotation marks. Most Web pages display curly quotes only if the designer deliberately adjusts the site design. Learn other tricks to show you care about Web typography. Plus share your thoughts on the worst of the first decade of the 21st century. What would you have left out of Web design? And finally, this week's poll is about include files - storing snippets of HTML to use in many files, but only editing it in one.   In the Spotlight Typography is More than Just Fonts and Text Size You can tell a website designer who cares about typography when they take the time to use things like curly quotes and em dashes instead of " and -- in their text. This article covers some of the details you might be missing that could improve your site's typography.              More Topics How to Create User-Friendly Forms - Examples See how good and bad forms look Using Hex Codes to Find Harmonious Color Combinations A simple trick to find good colors Make Zoom Buttons for Your Web Pages To increase/decrease font sizes Smultron A Macintosh text editor What is an Emphasis Tag Strong Tags, Strong, em Definition: inline elements span, a, and other tags How to Set Up Virtual Hosting on Apache Become a hosting provider What Was the Worst Thing in Web Design in the 2000s? What do you think was the worst thing to happen to the field of Web design in the last decade? Do you deplore Ajax? Hate CSS 2? Think that IE 6 was the bane of your existence? We're coming to the end of the first decade of the 21st century. What could we have done without in the Web design field?   Poll: Do you use includes on your website? An include is a script or tool that helps you include one HTML file in another. The most common reason to use includes is because you have content that is repeated across your website - such as navigation. When you use an include, you write the navigation as one file and then call it with an include reference in the pages where you want it to appear. Vote Now View Results     Sponsored Links   Top Picks - Free Classes About Web Design and HTML  from your  Web Design / HTML  Guide It's easy to learn Web design and HTML online. And you might be surprised at the things you can learn for free. These online newsletter courses can help you improve your skills or teach you new ones. 1) Build a Small Business Website Class 2) Free HTML Class 3) Free Web Design Class - Weekly   What should I write about? Are there Web design topics you"d like to learn more about? Is there a topic you'd like to see covered on the Web Design / HTML site at About.com? Let me know what you think.   Home Allergy Center Quick Cleaning Tricks These easy shortcuts and tips will help keep rid your home of grime, dust and other allergens. More > Web Design / HTML Ads Website Designer Logo Design HTML Web Design Business Card Design Brochure Designers Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Focus on JavaScript Perl Graphic Design Focus on Java Web Logs   Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Web Design newsletter as adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=webdesign&e=adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2008 About, Inc.